Long Haul Productions

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Long Haul Productions documents stories of everyday lives, stories of people and communities in transition, and stories of ordinary people accomplishing extraordinary things. When we choose a story, we're really in it for the long haul: we spend months, sometimes years, getting to know our characters. These are documentaries that mark the course of human life: they're inherently dramatic, immediate, and true. As such, they yield some of the most memorable programming in American media today. We're a not-for-profit corporation run by longtime producer Dan Collison, and his radio partner Elizabeth Meister. We've produced fifty radio documentaries for National Public Radio over the last eight years, and count the prestigious duPont-Columbia baton among our many honors. Our video documentaries have aired on HBO and the Travel Channel, and we've won attention from other journalists at the New York Times, LA Times, Atlanta Constitution, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, and Chicago Reader.

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Caption: coqui frog, Credit: long haul productions
The Coqui, a tiny, but very vociferous tree frog, is the national symbol of Puerto Rico, beloved in folklore and in song. But while the coqui’s lus...

Bought by KGOU


  • Added: Jul 13, 2011
  • Length: 00:25:06
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Coast Guard tower, Baudette, MN, Credit: long haul productions
Producers Elizabeth Meister and Dan Collison of Long Haul Productions journeyed to Baudette, MN to find out just how 370 songbirds ended up in a f...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jul 13, 2011
  • Length: 00:07:44
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: duck walking on fish at linesville spillway, Credit: long haul productions
Long Haul Productions teamed up with musician Tim Fite to tell the fishy tale of the fight for the right to throw bread at the Linesville Spillway ...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2011
  • Length: 00:07:26
Caption: natural gas well, Credit: long haul productions
Producers Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister traveled to Arkansas to talk to people about what's going on under their feet ... both the extraction ...

Bought by HowSound, KUOW, and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jul 13, 2011
  • Length: 00:10:55
  • Purchases: 3
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The impact on the Asian Carp on people living in rural Illinois and plans to stop it.

Bought by WFPL News, Public Radio Remix, and KVSC


  • Added: Jan 17, 2011
  • Length: 00:18:42
  • Purchases: 3
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Every year, an estimated 65,000 undocumented students graduate from American high schools. Raised entirely in American culture, they finish high s...

Bought by KGLT, KCRW, KFAI, and KSFR


  • Added: Jun 22, 2010
  • Length: 00:26:09
  • Purchases: 4
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Every year, an estimated 65,000 undocumented students graduate from American high schools. Raised entirely in American culture, they finish high s...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KGLT, Arizona Public Media, 90.5 WSNC, KERA and more


  • Added: Mar 30, 2010
  • Length: 00:59:00
  • Purchases: 18
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An oral history account of the successful workers' sit-in at the Republic Windows and Doors factory in Chicago in December of 2008, the first Ameri...

Bought by Public Radio Remix and KFAI


  • Added: Oct 07, 2009
  • Length: 00:21:57
  • Purchases: 2
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An exploration into the myth and reality of the catfish in southern culture.

Bought by Public Radio Remix, KFAI, and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Mar 04, 2009
  • Length: 00:26:18
  • Purchases: 3
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Studs Terkel reads excerpts from Upton Sinclair's novel "The Jungle" in this history of African Americans in the packinghouse industry of Chicago.

Bought by KFAI, WRPI, KBRP Community Radio, and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Nov 04, 2008
  • Length: 00:28:21
  • Purchases: 4
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The citizens of SW Michigan talk about the recent and unprecedented rash of thefts of Obama and McCain yard sign thefts in their area.

Bought by WVPE, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WILL


  • Added: Oct 29, 2008
  • Length: 00:04:07
  • Purchases: 3
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Autism Chronicles is an hour-long special profiling three families living and coping with autism.

Bought by Public Radio Remix, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WVPE, and WXXI


  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 00:57:59
  • Purchases: 4
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A profile of a musician who makes guitars from the old-growth forest that he's decided to protect in perpetuity.

Bought by Public Radio Remix, KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 00:06:31
  • Purchases: 4
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A profile of the volunteer stewards restoring former Illinois corn fields into habitats for native plants and birds

Bought by Public Radio Remix, KXOT Public Radio, and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Dec 19, 2007
  • Length: 00:10:23
  • Purchases: 3
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The passenger pigeon was once the most common species in North America - now it's extinct. A look at how the bird disappeared.

Bought by KUOW, Public Radio Remix, The Nature Podcast, and WDET, Detroit Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 19, 2007
  • Length: 00:07:15
  • Purchases: 4
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The American Prairie Foundation is working to reintroduce thousands of bison and other native species to parts of Montana, with the hopes of luring...

Bought by Public Radio Remix, KFAI, Yellowstone Public Radio, and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Nov 19, 2007
  • Length: 00:30:23
  • Purchases: 4
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One woman's fight against cancer to save her life for her and her family.

Bought by WVPE, Jefferson Public Radio, KXOT Public Radio, and KAZU


  • Added: Jun 25, 2007
  • Length: 00:59:00
  • Purchases: 4
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American Singer Canaries battle it out for best-song-in-show in the Canary Song Trials in Livonia, Detroit.

Bought by Public Radio Remix, The Nature Podcast, WFUV, and WILL


  • Added: Jun 25, 2007
  • Length: 00:08:27
  • Purchases: 4
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Charlie Rizzo's lifelong journey with his father, including a few twists and turns.

Bought by KUOW, The Story, Public Radio Remix, KUOW, Remix Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 23, 2007
  • Length: 00:10:10
  • Purchases: 6
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Profile of a man facing the challenges of managing an irrigation district in drought-stricken Montana.

Bought by Public Radio Remix, KVNF, The Nature Podcast, and KVMR


  • Added: Jun 04, 2007
  • Length: 00:05:16
  • Purchases: 4